Architectural drawing
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An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building or building project that falls within the definition of architecture. Architectural drawings are used by architects
Luoyang Pavilion by Li Zhaodao (675–758)
Architectural drawing combining elevation, section and plan: drawings by Willey Reveley of Jeremy Bentham's proposal for a Panopticon prison, 1791
Perspective in the manner of the classic Ideal city by Jean-Max Albert, 1977
Two-point perspective, interior of Dercy House by Robert Adam, 1777
Drafter
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A drafter is an engineering technician who makes detailed technical drawings or CAD designs for machinery, buildings, electronics, infrastructure, sections, etc. Drafters use computer software and man
Architectural drawing
…drawings and documents. Until the latter part of the 20th century, architectural drawings were manually produced, either by architects or by trained draftsmen or drafters. Draftsmen did not usually generate the design, but made many of the less important decisions. This system has continued with CAD drafting…
Traditional drafter at work
A drafter in Portugal in the 1970s, using a drafting machine
A drafter at work on a drawing of a 25-pound gun, 1942
Students in a high school mechanical drawing classroom in Toledo, Ohio in 1912